I sometimes wonder how many people in the world have a memory of mint that goes something like this… In my parent's yard, there was a wild spot. It seemed that no amount of weed wacking, weed pulling or weed killer would eliminate it. My mother often cursed at it, vowing to burn it out (with [...] This is just a part of this article. Visit my site to read the rest of this article and much more....

Yesterday, I reviewed the book "Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls". After I read the book, I had the delightful opportunity to ask one of the authors or the book, Noel Kingsbury, a few questions. I skipped over the availability question this time. While he is quite adorable, I thought that the audience at large [...] This is just a part of this article. Visit my site to read the rest of this ar...

I received Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls in the mail to review and I was surprised to discover that I had actually already read it. Well, kind of… I read the 1st edition, which is kind of like the difference between King Kong (1933) and King Kong (2005). Both are great in their own [...] This is just a part of this article. Visit my site to read the rest of this article and much more....

My feral strawberries are heavy with ripe berries right now. I call them feral because they are not the true wild strawberries you find demurely tucked into the base of trees in the woods. There were domesticated strawberries at one point in time, but in an unprecedented bid for botanical freedom, them broke out of [...] This is just a part of this article. Visit my site to read the rest of this ar...

I cleaned out the old gardening blogroll today. It must be done once in awhile to remove the abandoned blogs. I always find it a bit sad when I do it. While I understand that lives and living them sometimes interfere with recording them, I nevertheless feel a certain amount of regret [...] This is just a part of this article. Visit my site to read the rest of this article and much more....